Post #218583 by caerthe on Fri, Mar 3, 2006 12:18 AM

I don't think Tiki is fading away. To the contrary. I think Tiki is about to experience a major revival. These are very troubling times for many and the creativity, decadence, theater and sheer escapism that Tiki offers is now being discovered and embraced in very non-Tiki places by formerly non-Tiki people.

Sure there will be some change in the years to come, but don't forsake tomorrow because it may not be identical to yesterday. The Tiki of the 40's was different from the Tiki of the 60's and so much has survived because the current generation has made incredible strides in making Tiki accessible to so many. The Book of Tiki, Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge, KonaKai, Tiki Central, the Tiki Events...and the list goes on. If not for those of you who choose to keep the old ways alive, then we (those of us who've newly discovered this exciting and exotic world) would never have found it.

The more we discover the world you know, the world you've kept alive, the more we'll uncover, incorporate into ourselves and offer to future generations.